Update.
With 2 Grossen bier Bitte in front of your raving and romping reporters, we have completed the tasks for today. Badly! 
We set out to document all the 8s, talk to as many owners as we could and talk german car Bo££ox. Unfortunately, baggy heads, lack of German language and baggy heads made it all too difficult. So we took some photos and headed back to the bar where Sergay proved useful as a spy! He is Russian after all. Notorious and RanjS8 have headed off to the Germany.DE meeting 65Km away and Neil and I remained to carry away 40% of the prizes on behalf of the UK. Neil came second in the attendees choice for best 8 and I won longest distance travelled to get here (1230Km) and I still have to go home! 25 cars attended on the saturday drive out to a Schloss (castle to you) and it was an 'intersting' and ring peice adjusting drive! There is video of me who, after a spirited (read stupid) overtake followed by a test of the ABS on a blind bend, Once again adjusting the ring peice and we continued on.
A photo or two to follow.................
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Conan (the Librarian)
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Currently,
2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse.
2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter.
Previously
2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light. 
Last edited by Conan_the_Librarian; 11th August 2012 at 04:24 PM.
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